Evolution of the Philadelphia Eagles' Uniform By Rick Grantham At Isnare.com Ezine Articles

The team colors of the Philadelphia Eagles consisted of Kelly green, white, and silver for quite some time until it was changed in 1996. During the 1950's, the team's helmets had eagle wings on it which was originally silver on a Kelly green colored helmet. In 1969, there were two versions of the helmets. One with Kelly green with white wings for road games and white with Kelly green wings for home games. For three years thereafter, they wore the helmet for the home games exclusively but shifted on to wear the original ones later.

In 1974, the standard design of their helmet to be used two decades after was created and this was the original design with a slight modification where the silver wings had a white outline. The team also introduced their logo featuring an eagle carrying a football in its claws in 1969. This original logo was later changed to make it more realistic looking.

In 1996, however, both the team colors and logo were changed extremely. The Kelly green color was changed to a darker shade called the midnight green with silver practically removed from their colors. The uniform pants were either white or midnight green. The wings on the helmet were changed to white with silver and black accents. The logo of the Philadelphia Eagles was also changed with the eagle becoming a bald eagle with a white head, rendered in a cartoon-based style. The letters were also changed from calligraphic to block letters.

Ever since then, only minor changes were made with regards to jersey and pants combinations during particular games. The 2003 season was the time when the first change to the 1996 uniform was observed. On both colors of jerseys, black shadows and silver trim were added to the green and white numbering. The stripe on the uniform pants also changed to black-silver-black on the white pants from the usual black-green-black. For the midnight green pants, the color changed from a solid black stripe to a black-white-silver combination. It was also during this season that the black alternate jerseys with green shadow on the white numbers was introduced.

However, the black jerseys were considered jinxed because they lost every game they played whenever they wore those. In 2007, the team celebrated their 75th anniversary and their uniform featured a75th season logo on the left shoulder. Also in 2007, the team wore throwback jerseys in a game against the Detroit lions. These jerseys sported the colors found on Philadelphia's city flag and were worn by the team in its inaugural season.

The Philadelphia Eagles are distinctively identified with their uniforms. Eventually, there will be changes to be introduced into their uniforms but nevertheless, the team will stay as the same team like they were when they started. Uniforms do play an important role in a game but it does not necessarily follow that this is what causes a team to lose in a game. It still boils down to strategy and talent with football.

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